A quick four hour drive east from London takes you to Presqu'ile Bay, beside the provincial park of the same name. My wife and I have friends with a compact but room-rich cottage on the edge of the bay just outside the park. A few years back they bought the cottage, repaired it, remodelled it, and now they enjoy it.
One of the best things about London, Ontario, is its location in the middle of southwestern Ontario. It is an hour or less to get to either Lake Erie or Lake Huron and Lake Ontario is only a couple of hours distant. In the coming days we will post pictures from a destination on Lake Ontario which, thanks to Highway 401, is less than four hours from London.
I believe the Talbot Centre Mall, it is more of an office complex than mall, has been standing for twenty years of more. This is one of two twin towers and although I was not immediately drawn to the complex, with the passing of time, I find I like the towers more and more.
Amazing what you can find at the pawn shop. The price seems reasonable but really what does one do with a set of pocket scales?
Some people use a car to get to work, often driving alone. Others reduce their impact on the plant and save a little money taking the bus, often crushed by others. But this young woman, sighted leaving an office building in downtown London, leaves the smallest footprint possible and doesn't have to be packed like a sardine to do it. On leaving work, she changed from her shoes into her rollerblades while sitting on the office building steps. With an adjustment to her personal music player she was off. For miles per gallon bragging rights, the Chevy Volt has nothing on this lady.
A little camera with a wide angle lens, a warm sun burning off the morning mist, and a Morgan booting it down 402 towards 401 and you have a picture. The Morgan has enjoyed the roads around London this summer. The cool weather has made the old car comfortable; why, it's just like being back home. Hey, the town is London and the river running through town is the Thames. My, the lengths to which these Canadians will go to make an old car feel welcome.
My wife and I had to be in Ancaster by 8:30 a.m. It was already past seven as we headed south on Colonel Talbot for the 402. But running late or not, when I saw the mist hanging over the field at Southfield Road I had to pull over. This was just the first of many chances to take a fine photo but after shooting this one, there simply was no time. Too bad.
